Yo les diré entonces / I will then tell themque los he escrito desde que tenía once años: / that I have written since I was 11 years old:No he decirle nunca / I am not saying anythingque no he hecho sino darles la clase que he aprendido /or doing anything except give them the type of thing I have learnedde todos los poetas. / from all other poets.

Tendré una habilidad de histrión / I would have a talent for theaterpara hacerles creer que me conmueve lo que a ellos. / to make them all believe I am moved by what moves them.

Pero en mi lecho, solo, dulcemente, / But in my bed, alone, quiet,sin recuerdos, sin voz, / without praise, without noise,siento que la poesía no ha salido de mí. / I feel that poetry has never come out of me.